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Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. Moonn, of Blooming Grove, Franklin county, Indiana, have invented anew and'useful Corn-Planter; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and .exact description thereof, :reference being had-to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a corn-planter which admits of easy operation by a man seated thereon, and driving the team. In the accompanying drawingsl Figure 1 is a. perspective view of a corn-planter embodying my improvements, with part of one wheel broken away to show parts ofl the machinery.' l

Figure2 is a top view of part of the seedingdevice.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of thesame.

Upon the axle-tree ,A are bolted two longitudinal pieces, B B, connected together at their fore ends by a cross-beam, C, to which the tongue AD is piyoted. The tongue runs back behind the cross-beamO to a. seg mental beam, E, and. has a similar segmental cross-piece, F, mortisedto it, and braced to it by diagonal bars, Gr Gr', which, turning back at their ends, form a resting-place, g ya', for the' soles of the feet of the driver, by which -heis'enabled (in some degree) to guide the implement, through the medium of the tongue. Upon the beam E, andsimilarly curved to it is bolted a piece of iron, e, to which the piece F is clamped, by vmeans of clampsf, but with suiiicient` freedom to allow of thetongue turning upon itsl pivot, and of the pieces F and a sliding upon eachother. 'Pivoted to the axle A, by means of straps H, are-'longitudinal beams ,'I I I I and these beams are connected together by abar, J'. Y 'The'bar J has slots, j, admitting of a lslight lateral movement. -when desired, by loosening the bolts connecting the said bar to the beams, the axle being formed so as to admit of the-sliding of the'straps H transversely upon it. APivoted to'each of the beams, I I I I, are stems K K K K, each being armed with a shovel-plough, 7c, and having a chain, L, acting as a brace-connection to the beams I, B B', I, respectively. The chains Lare stapled to the stems, and fastened to the beams by means oi wooden pins, M, the pins passing through guards, m, and thevappropriate linkin the chain L'. The pins M are made of wood, so 4as to give way upon a violent and uncommon strain, to avoid the'fracture of a more important part.

Upon the axle-tree are two wheels, NIN', the former of which has upon its hub a spur-wheel, O, prevented from rotating'by a pin, o, transxing both it and a wheel-spoke, The wheel Ovgears with a pinion, P, featherkeyed on a shaft, Q. Upon the shaft Q are two pulleys, q, carrying each a leather belt, It, whichV belts pass over idler-pulleys, gi The belts R runthrough seed-boxes, S, upon the doors of said boxes, such a manner as.to carry seed therefrom, bysmeans of sed-receptacles, r, in the` belt. v (The said receptacles may b e mere perforations in the belt.) The seed are dropped from the receptacles, at the proper point in their course, into spouts T, attached t) the frame, and the stems K'and K, and the said' spout's deposit the seed between the ploughshare and the covers, U.

A spring,'V, upon the lbeam I, endingin a. forked plate, civ', embraces a circumferentially-grooved hub, upon the pinion I?, and lthe two ends, 'v v', running within the groove, tend to lkeep the pinion in gear with the e spur-wheel O. i, i

' When it is desired to throw the seeding-apparatus out of gear, itis done by means of a lever, W, which, connecting by rod wwith the arm vr of the forli, draws the pinion P along the shaft Q, and out of gear with the wheel O. The lever Inay be held inits retracted posiion by means of a loop, z, upon the seat X. The spring V operates to immediately 'throw the pinion Bin gear when the'lever is released. Aftixed to the'barJ is a chain, Y, which runs over ashea ve, z, upon an uprightLZ, on a'backward" projection of beam B. The `said chain is also fastened to a lever, I, pivoted'at 2'tothe upright, Z, and the said lever'has anl acute corner, arranged so as to catch, when required, intora ratchet, d, upon another' upright, 4, furnished with lever-guard 5'. When-it is desired to raise the ploughshares from thev` ground, the upper end of the lever 1 is driven forward and ldownward, and the chain Y being `drawn over the sheave ,j'willl raisethe plough-points from the ground.

The seat XV may be attached tothe axle, as shot-vigor` may be placed upon the frame where it isdesired to `increase the weight upon it. I` The pivoting of theltongue allows 'of turning the planter in avery small space.

I claim herein as new and ofrmy invention- Y i 1 The arrangement, ina corn-planter, of theseeddroppin'g device, consisting of the elements 0,0, P, g g, R, r, and S, Vsubstantially as and for the purpose set forth. l e

V2. The pivoted'frame, H, I I I -I, K Kl'K K, lc, arranged to be raised from the ground by means of chainY, lever ligand ratchet 3, substantially 'as stated. V l i I n testimony of which invention, VI hereunto set my hand. v

" "WILLIAM H. MOORE.

Witnesses:

Gro. H. KNIGHT, Jamas Blumen. 

